{geni:about_me} Bela Zerkowitz was named in honor of his grandfather, Bernard Zerkowitz (1824-1894), who died two years prior to his birth. Bela resided at 49 Szent Laszlo utca, Budapest. He did not survive World War II, but the Klarsfeld database indicates that his wife, Margit Zerkowitz (Gipsz), did survive. Bela is listed as a Holocaust victim on the gravestone of his parents in Farkasret Cemetery, Budapest.